Bill Simmons tribute to Tim Duncan

[SA210]

ESPN playing this today, worthy of a bump.

Get em Timmy! It's your time for #5

[TheGreatYacht]

I've always thought that Bill Simmons is a different person off TV. He is obviously influenced by ESPN and the way they run things with their biased propaganda. Check out this piece by Bill Simmons especially those of you that hate him because I was shocked to hear this conversation come out of his words. This is an interesting conversation for the conspiracy theorists too. Here it is: Fast forward to 13:20

[TimmyDuncan21]

I recorded and saved this video...thanks for posting this!

[DarrinS]

I've always thought that Bill Simmons is a different person off TV. He is obviously influenced by ESPN and the way they run things with their biased propaganda. Check out this piece by Bill Simmons especially those of you that hate him because I was shocked to hear this conversation come out of his words. This is an interesting conversation for the conspiracy theorists too. Here it is: Fast forward to 13:20

@ 22:42 to about 25:00, there is some pretty honest discussion about how ESPN covers certain teams. Not that this is news to anyone, just enjoyed the honesty.

[Dizzle]

this is what you call JUMPING THE BANDWAGON

fukk simmons.. hes smart on alot of things but clueless on anything that isnt MAINSTREAM (ie anything outside lebron/durant hes fukkin useless)

[tesseractive]

It's that awkward time when ESPN is forced to turn its hype machine on for the Spurs for a few days until the Heat make the finals.

Simmons always felt this way about Duncan.

Yeah, the section about Duncan in his book is amazing.

And the whole organizing idea around his book -- "The Secret" -- it's like a primer on the Spurs organization.

Here's the pivotal passage about the lesson Isiah Thomas learned by studying the great Lakers and Celtics teams of the 80s and applied in taking the Pistons to their les:

Those teams were loaded with talented players, yes, but that's not the only reason they won. They won because they liked each other, knew their roles, ignored statistics and valued winning over everything else. They won because their best players sacrificed to make everyone else happy. They won as long as everyone remained on the same page. By that same token, they lost if any of those three factors weren't in place.

Simmons might not think we have the talent or matchups to win a particular series, but nobody who wrote that could fail to appreciate what the Pop-Duncan Spurs have built here.

[UZER]

@ 22:42 to about 25:00, there is some pretty honest discussion about how ESPN covers certain teams. Not that this is news to anyone, just enjoyed the honesty.

Damn. We all know this in the back of our minds, we get chastised for talking about it, but Simmons just confirmed it. Props to him for calling it out.

[SA210]

This is an interesting conversation for the conspiracy theorists too. Here it is: Fast forward to 13:20

Great clip. Thanks

[Big Empty]

wow! balls baby lmao

[DMC]

Bill's way of trolling Spurs with the Manu and Fisher moments.

[SA210]

Props to Simmons for speaking the truth. ESPN won't be happy about that

[HI-FI]

thanks for posting the video SA210. still pounding those youtubes lol

it made me take back some of the I've said about Simmons. I know he values team chemistry so I'd expect he respects a lot about the Spurs.

Favorite part of this video is when I saw it on ESPN, when they cut to the ESPN host, he was like "Duncan better than Kobe....that's going to cause some debate" or something like that. Typical ESPN reaction.

[SA210]

thanks for posting the video SA210. still pounding those youtubes lol

it made me take back some of the I've said about Simmons. I know he values team chemistry so I'd expect he respects a lot about the Spurs.

Favorite part of this video is when I saw it on ESPN, when they cut to the ESPN host, he was like "Duncan better than Kobe....that's going to cause some debate" or something like that. Typical ESPN reaction.

[UZER]

thanks for posting the video SA210. still pounding those youtubes lol

it made me take back some of the I've said about Simmons. I know he values team chemistry so I'd expect he respects a lot about the Spurs.

Favorite part of this video is when I saw it on ESPN, when they cut to the ESPN host, he was like "Duncan better than Kobe....that's going to cause some debate" or something like that. Typical ESPN reaction.

Yet "kobe better than Duncan" wouldnt cause any debate.